ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,005, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NexGen Semi Holding Inc. (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).
"Extended range active illumination imager" was invented by Michael John Zani (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Mark Joseph Bennahmias (Wesley Chapel, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A particle beam illuminating system includes a beam steering control subsystem configured to receive charged particles and to generate and scan a particle beam over at least a portion of a target located a distance of at least 10 meters from the beam steering control subsystem. The system further includes a beam charge control subsystem configured to receive the particl...